Food Poisoning

Queen Anne’s Lace

Daucus carota

Habitat: Queen Anne’s Lace can be found in eastern deciduous forest & tallgrass prairie habitats.

Active Chemical Ingredients: Pectin (C6H10O7)

Season: May-October

Uses: The plant can be used to treat indigestion (food poisoning), diarrhea, and snakebite.

Preparation: Queen Anne’s Lace can be prepared into a tea by steeping an ounce of the lace heads for 10-15 minutes to treat indigestion and diarrhea. A chewed poultice made with the root of the plant can treat wounds such as snakebite.

Showing metabocard for Pectin (HMDB03402). (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.hmdb.ca/metabolites/hmdb03402

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Habitat: Eastern deciduous forest & tallgrass prairie

Season: July-September

Active Chemical Ingredient: Lobeline (C₂₂H₂₇NO₂)

Uses: Cardinal flower can be used to break a fever (malaria) and is used as an emetic for food poisoning.

Preparation: Boiling the root and drinking it as tea will treat fevers and food poisoning.

Lobeline (n.d) Retrieved September 6, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobeline

Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Habitat: Eastern deciduous forest & tallgrass prairie

Season: Midsummer-Fall

Active Chemical Ingredient: Primulin (C₂₃H₂₅ClO₁₂)

Uses: Primrose can be used as an emetic to treat food poisoning.

Preparation: Eating powdered Primrose root acts as an emetic.

Primulin (n.d) Retrieved September 9, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primulin_(anthocyanin)